198 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts
Acts of
July, 1716.
ch. 6
p. 300

An Act for Laying the Additionall Duty of four pounds Currant
money p poll on all Irish Servants to prevent the Importing two
great a Number of Irish papists into this Province and four
pounds Currant money p poll an Addition Duty on all Negroes
for raising a Supply Towards Defraying the publick Charge of
this province
Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the
upper and Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same
that from and after the End of twelve months after the End of this
Generall Assembly all Masters of Ships and Vessell or others Im-
porting Irish Servants into this province by land or by water at the
time of their Entry shall pay unto the Navall Officer for the time
being belonging to such port or place where they make their Entry
the Additionall Sume of four pounds Currant money over and
Above the Twenty Shillings Sterling per Poll Imposed by a former
act of Assembly of this province for Every Irish Servant so Im-
ported on penalty and forfeiture of twenty pounds Currant mony
of this province for Every Servant that shall be by him or them Con-
cealed at the time of his or their Entry as aforesaid the one halfe
Thereof to be appropriated for defraying the publick Charge of this
province the other halfe to the Intormer or him or them that shall
sue for the Same to be recovered in his Lordships Name in any

p. 301

Court of record within this Province (that shall have Jurisdiction
of the same), by accon of debt bill plaint or Information wherein no
Essoyne protection or wager of Law to be allowed
And be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid that from and after the time as aforesaid for every Negroe
Imported into this province Either by Land or Water the Importer
or Importers of such negro or Negroes shall pay unto the Navall
officer aforesaid the sume of four pounds Currant money per poll
(over and above the twenty shillings Sterling per pole Imposed by
a former act of Assembly of this province) for the uses aforesaid
on penalty and forfeiture of Twenty pounds Currant money per pole
for Every Negroe kept back or unaccounted for to be applyed to the
uses aforesaid and to be recovered as aforesaid

Acts of
July, 1716,
ch. 7
(Repeals
1712, ch. 11)
p. 301

An Act repealing an Act Entituled an Act Against Strikeing Sundry
Sorts of fish within the Precincts of this province
Be it Enacted by the Right Hon^rable the Lord Proprietary by and
with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the
upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and by the authority of the
same that an Act of Assembly of this Province Made at a Session of
Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis the twenty Eighth
day of October Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and twelve En-
tituled an Act against Strikeing Sundry Sorts of fish within the
precincts of this province and Every Article Matter Clause and thing
therin Contained be and is hereby utterly Repealed and made Void